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The Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Issue 9 • 2 Sections • 14 Pages HOME OF THE CRATER OF DIAMONDS STATE PARK Murfreesboro & LAKE GREESON 75 ¢ Diamond Newspaper USPC 103-230 Established 1975 Serving South Pike County for 40 Years • Murfreesboro, Delight, Antoine Beneit to be held A Benefit Lunch for 18-year-old Jacob Jack- son will be held Sunday, September 27 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Rattler Den Restaurant in Mur- freesboro. The lunch will consist of brisket, pork, ish, chicken strips, trimmings and a 2015 Rattler Homecoming Edition drink by donation only. Jackson, a 2015 gradu- ate of Murfreesboro High School, was involved in a serious ATV accident which Two felony arrests made has resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down. Approximately a pound of marijuana coniscated Queen Tara All proceeds from the beneit will go toward pur- chasing an action track chair. This type of chair will allow Jackson to en- joy many activities, such as hunting, that a regular wheel chair will not. A rafle for a .50 caliber Austen & Halleck Muzzle- loader will be rafled as well. The winner will be drawn the day of the beneit. Tickets Jerry Deal can be purchased at the Rattler Den Restaurant or at First State Bank in Mur- freesboro. Tickets are 1 for $2 or 3 for $5. Mission House to be open on dif- ferent date The Blessed Beginnings Karri Haney Mission House located at the First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro will Heather Grabin be changing the dates that Editor it is open for the month of A parole search performed September. It will be open Saturday, September 19 by the Pike County Sheriff’s from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free Office and the Murfreesboro 2015 Rattler Homecoming Queen Tara Humphry clothing and one sack of Police Department led to two food per family will be avail- able for pick up. felony arrests Friday, Septem- ber 4. Reunion to According to Pike County be held Detective Glen Hankins, of- ficers gathered to search the The Gregory Family will be holding their reunion on residence of 48-year-old Jerry Saturday, October 3 at the Deal in the Nathan community. Murfreesboro Commu- As officers pulled onto Deal nity Building beginning at 9 a.m. A potluck lunch will be Road they noticed Deal run served at noon. All family PHOTO | HEATHER GRABIN inside the residence. Officers and friends are invited to Above, Pike County Sheriff Charlie Caldwell with made entry and found approxi- attend. approximately a pound of suspected marijuana, cash, and mately a pound of suspected Volunteer baggies that were confiscated from the residence. Deal is marijuana, split in two bricks. Appreciation actively on parole and was arrested for failure to appear. One of the bricks was found Both Deal and Haney were arrested for felony charges inside the coffee table in the of possession of a controlled substance with purpose to Lunch to be living -See Arrests, page 3 served deliver and possession of a controlled substance-marijuana. A Volunteer Appre- ciation Lunch will be served photo | Heather Grabin Friday, September 25 for Ronna Bumgarner and Hopie Buckley perform with the MHS Band during the half-time show Friday all of the Murfreesboro CADC volunteers. For more night. information call the Mur- PHOTO | HEATHER GRABIN freesboro CADC Center at Rattler #27 Cameron Snowden maintains control of the ball after 870-285-2312. being tossed around by two Horatio Lions. Reunion to be held The Howard and Graves families will gather at Lake Grave Dedication to be Greeson Swaha swimming area pavilion on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, held in Murfreesboro October 11 for their annual family reunion. On Sun- day family and friends are invited to bring a covered dish, lawn chairs and enjoy lunch at 1 p.m., with fellow- ship and music. Senior Softball Rafle to be held The MHS Senior Soft- ball Team are selling rafle tickets for a Savage Axis 308 with a Nikon Pro Staff. Tickets are $1 apiece or 6 for $5 and can be pur- chased by any softball player. Tickets are also being sold at Em’s Cafe.The drawing for the rafle will be A very unique Grave Dedication will be held in held at halftime November 5 during the Mufreesboro/ Murfreesboro on Thursday, November 5. Dierks game. The Daughters of the American Revolution are expecting around 100 guests from all over Arkan- COMMUNITY sas to attend the Grave Dedication of Lieutenant ANNOUNCEMENTS CON- William Jenkins at the Murfreesboro Cemetery. TINUED ON PAGE 2 A short dedication at the graveside will be held beginning at 11 a.m. with the Arkadelphia ROTC Color Guard honoring Lieutenant Jenkins during the service, and Dr. Tony Kassos will read Lieutenant Jenkins’ obituary. A reception will follow the service at the Mur- Since 1975 freesboro Community Building. 2 Wednesday, September 16, 2015 • MURFREESBORO DIAMOND • 40 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE | Online at swarkansasnews.com | 870-285-2723 COMMUNITY AN- NOUNCEMENTS CON- FROM THE BARNYARD TINUED FROM PAGE 1 Workshop Ramblings... A Harvest Moon to be held So,we got beat by Horatio on Homecoming, by 5 A “Farm to School” points. Ouch. Mike Graves | Publisher the hall. (That wasn’t half as bad as workshop will be held We're nearing the time of year what we had waiting on us at home. at the U of A South- Keep your heads held high, you can’t win a game west Research and Ex- when the officials turn a blind eye to penalties com- when crops mature and are har- Ugh, my folks believed in the old tension Center on Hwy mitted against you, but call everything a Rattler might vested all day, and then by the light saying, ”spare the rod, and spoil 174, northeast of Hope of the moon. I'm no stranger to the the child.”) on Thurs., Oct. 15. The have thought about doing. event is to provide infor- I believe the picture below explains the story well hay end of this, a way back when, I I’m finally getting around to mation to school nutri- enough. Two hands of a Lion on Rattler #51 Clay Ter- cut hay for the Popes at night to deal something- that is; despite the fact tion and procurement with the clay mounds in the black that we worked harder, fewer of us officials, local farmers rell’s face mask--caught by the camera, but ignored lands of Saratoga. Today, it’s not owned a car, and our folks believed and farm organizations, by officials. Heather Grabin, Editor and those in the food unusual to hear vicons cutting hay in the value of discipline,- I look back industry to learn how to past midnight, especially with our on my teen years as a good time better supply and inte- grate locally produced current plague of army worms. And, to be alive, and today, I value the foods into meals for lo- as late as 1976, we used to haul hay friendships and memories we made cal students. The all day at night. Today, most teens don't back in the 70’s event begins at 9 a.m. and will conclude at 4 even know what a “hay crew” is, and How many teens today get to p.m. Spaces are limited, sure don't show much enthusiasm have an ice cream cone from The and the deadline for reg- for any kind of manual labor- espe- Freeze King when they finish their istration for the classes is Tues., Sept. 15. Those in- cially after sundown. paper route, or hang out at Henrys terested may register at Y’all think I’m fixing to lay some after a day at the peach shed? www.ARChildrens.org/ kind of self righteous preaching on With that deep thought, I'll wish FarmtoSchool, and may call for more information you, about how “back in my day, we all of you a good, rainy day, even at 501-364-3360. milked the cow, gathered eggs and the vegans. chopped wood, before we walked 3 MHS Band miles uphill to school.” “The only time people dislike gos- Boosters Well, kinda. You see I was raised sip is when you gossip about them.” holding raf- in town, and didn’t own a cow Will Rogers until I was 17. I did ride my bike le down to Shaw’s locker plant before “Big raccoons and a harvest moon The Rattler Band Boosters are holding a school to get bacon for breakfast. keep a rollin’ across my mind, home raffle for a Yeti cooler And I remember my mom ringing on the range where the antelope play, beginning Thursday, a chicken’s neck in our back yard, is sometimes hard to find.” Michael September 3 through Thursday, November 5. and we did walk uphill 2 blocks so M. Murphy--Cosmic Cowboy Chances are $1 a piece or Mr. John Shaddox could whip us 6 for $5. The winner will when Mrs. JoJo Dildy sent us out in Rev 22:16 be announced after the third quarter of the Mur- freesboro/Dierks game Thursday, November 5. Pecan or- ders being Letter to the Rattlers State Capitol accepted Letter to Rattlers The Pike County Hi guys! I didn’t make it to the game, but I was in touch. I know you felt bad los- Conservation District is ing your Homecoming game. So, let’s get our heads together, look at the mistakes now taking orders for Week in Review fresh Mammoth Pecans. that were made.